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Wyden proposes bill to secure US telecoms after Salt Typhoon hacks

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon announced a new bill to secure the networks of American telecommunications companies breached by Salt Typhoon Chinese state hackers earlier this year. Wyden’s “Secure American Communications Act” will order the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue binding cybersecurity rules and implement the security requirements demanded since 1994 by legislation that instructs telecom providers to…